Nch'I-Wana, the Big River
Subtitle: Mid-Columbia Indians and Their Land
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Published: October 1991
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 384
ISBN-13: 9780295971193
Subjects: American history; The Americas; United States - State & Local - General; History - U.S.; Sociology
First sentence: THE COLUMBIA RIVER-known to the Indian people of its middle course as nci-wana, "the Big River"-cuts a deep gash through the Miocene basalts of the Columbia Plateau.